Remembering past matches played by the Iron on November 27...
| Former Iron players born on this day: Cliff Mason (1929), Dave Cowling (1958), Freddie Sears (1989). |
Scunthorpe stretched their unbeaten league run to six games with a comprehensive 3-1 win over Shrewsbury On This Day in 2004.
The visitors faced an uphill battle when David Walton was sent off for a professional foul on Steve Torpey after just half an hour.
Two minutes later Scunthorpe were ahead again through Paul Hayes' superb strike and substitute Cleveland Taylor's run and shot put the result beyond doubt.
Overall playing record for November 27: Played 14, Won 6, Drawn 4, Lost 4, Scored 20, Conceded 15.
The Iron's full record for November 27 is as follows:
| YEAR | COMPETITION | RESULT | IRON SCORERS |
| 2021 | LG 2 | Iron 1-1 Bradford | Jarvis |
| 2019 | FLT R2 | Blackpool 1-3 Iron | van Veen, Eisa (2) |
| 2018 | LG 1 | Southend 2-0 Iron | |
| 2010 | CHAMP | Iron 0-2 Coventry | |
| 2007 | CHAMP | Coventry 1-1 Iron | Cork |
| 2004 | LG 2 | Iron 3-1 Shrewsbury | Beagrie, Hayes, Taylor |
| 1999 | DIV 2 | Reading 1-1 Iron | Hodges |
| 1993 | DIV 3 | Iron 2-1 Rochdale | Toman, Thompstone |
| 1990 | FLT PR | Doncaster 1-0 Iron | |
| 1982 | DIV 4 | Iron 0-1 Bury | |
| 1976 | DIV 4 | Torquay 1-3 Iron | O'Connor 3 |
| 1971 | DIV 4 | Iron 1-1 Reading | Fletcher |
| 1965 | DIV 3 | Iron 3-0 Bournemouth | Bedford 2, Smith |
| 1954 | DIV 3N | Iron 2-1 Chesterfield | Brown, Brownsword |